This lesson, Nonviolent Resistance, focuses on Dr. Martin Luther King's, “The Sword that Heals,†and asks student to listen to interviews with veterans of the freedom struggle as they discuss the role of nonviolent direct action.
This four-week unit focuses on the theme of nostalgia. Students will study several genres of literature (poetry, nonfiction, fiction) and write informal and formal analytical commentaries. Students will also do writing about their own childhood memories.
This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources in this case study about the nuclear politics in the 1950s and 1960s to answer the big question, "The Nuclear Game - how close was it?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.
Students will examine the wording of the Tariff of 1828 to discover how the tariff affected the economies of the North and the South. They will look at John C. Calhoun?s Exposition and Protest, Andrew Jackson's Nullification Proclamation and Daniel Webster's 1830 speech.
This page contains background information, teaching strategies, ways to draw connections to other writers, and discussion questions and writing prompts based on Equiano's work and the time period.
Students have the chance to discuss issues of foreign policy, political systems, history and economics between North and South Korea since the Cold War. We present a list of key questions, activity ideas and related resources to supplement your instruction.
In this lesson, students will read and analyze paragraphs 4 and 5 of "An Address by Elizabeth Cady Stanton" and explore how Cady Stanton develops the interaction and connection between rights and equality.
Page One Economics is an informative accessible essay on timely economic issues. The Student Edition provides the essay and student questions.
The Paragraph Shrinking strategy allows each student to take turns reading, pausing, and summarizing the main points of each paragraph. Students provide each other with feedback as a way to monitor comprehension.
In this lesson, students will spend 2-3 days focusing on the importance of making evidence-based claims and learning the elements that are involved in doing so.
In this lesson, that includes 5 activities, students will focus on investigating an issue and using it as a context for different perspectives, positions, and arguments.
In this lesson, students will develop the ability to make evidence-based claims through a close reading of texts. Students will also work in pairs to look for evidence to support additional claims made by the teacher.
In this lesson, students will hone in on skills that allow them to closely analyze, deeply read, and interact with texts.
In this lesson, students will learn to analyze textual detail as a key to deeper meaning.
In this lesson, students evaluate arguments and synthesize what they have learned in order to develop and strengthen their own position.
In this lesson, students will expand their abilities in organizing evidence by developing and explaining claims through a close reading of the text.
In this lesson, students will focus on learning how to summarize and share the information they've gleaned from reading and questioning.
In this lesson, students will develop the ability to express evidence-based claims in writing.
In this lesson, students will develop the ability to express global, evidence-based claims in writing through close reading techniques.
In this 3-4 day lesson, students will read closely, using guiding questions. Students will also focus on analyzing visual texts and multimedia selections.